Trying to remove nano 'cause I'm using vim.Entropy tells me that can't be removed 'cause it's a vital package for the system. I won't use --force-system option if nano is a system package (even if I know it won't be a bad thing after all), but I'd like to know why nano is a system package.Never saw a distro - until now - where nano can't be removed peacefully I'm obliged to keep both editors?

Last edited by Matte88 on Sat Mar 02, 2013 1:25, edited 1 time in total.

checking /usr/portage/virtual/editor/editor-0.ebuild shows that this virtual package can be satisfied by pretty much any editor. I think that the virtual dependency is captured when the editor-0 package is built on sabayon servers. This is why removing it would remove virtual/editor which is the vital package here. Well even after having installed vim and by using emerge, it still complain that nano is a vital package. But we are confident enough that vim can satisfy virtual/editor's requirements, aren't we?

So, IF you have your portage already up and running, you could "fix" this this way:

Both are great solutions... Ah... Linux... So free to do things!@colockThanks for your suggestions, but I'll follow the easy way out (sabayonino's advice), because I'm very lazy! Btw I'll keep your procedure "Ad Futura Rei Memoriam".